We geeks think we're in control with all our devices and formulas and plans. Go see the Mt. St. Helens blast zone for an important lesson in just how puny we are on this earth.
When you live on an island, you think about waste more. Japan has been running up against the limits of it's geography for centuries (arable land, timber, etc.) so they are in a better position to tackle these kinds of problems.
Although when you shop at a 7-11 in Tokyo, and they double bag your overly packaged Pocky, you might not think so.
I still believe that single penny transactions will revolutionize the net.
Plus, a micropayment system on/. would allow us to quantify the value of the elusive first post:
320 refreshes waiting for next story 1 hit Reply page 0 hits to preview page (and it shows) 1 hit submit page 75 refreshes to see if FP gets modded down
at $0.01 per Slashdot page hit, an FP would be worth $3.97.
if your goal is to work in a shoe factory, then by all means join the anti-globalization rush and raise those trade barriers!
What if your goal is to have a robust economy in your community? If you bow to the extortion of a multi-national and buy them land, build the factory, and don't make them pay taxes, they might be around for a few years, employing your people.
But the mobility of capital allows them, forces them, to leave you when they get a better offer. Is that freedom? Sure. Does that form vibrant, economically sustainable communities? No.
Talk to the many communitites who have been extorted in this way. Dupont, WA comes to mind with Intel. Communities are creating "Free Enterprise Zones" so that they can compete with El Salvador for jobs. Ask them if they feel secure in the global economy.
We have to ask ourselves, is globalization happening the way we'd like it to happen, or is it happening the way super-rich capitalists would like it to happen?
We never thought it could happen to us: globalization was just supposed to make stuff cheaper to buy. But the race to the bottom can happen at all levels of employment, for all tasks that don't need to be performed on site. This includes us, the white collar IT workers.
This is not "the sound of inevitability", it's the sound of years of government/corporate policy to make the world our cheap labor playground. It can be reversed with rational policies that foster local investment at the expense of unchecked corporate profits. What happens when you have corporations that are invested in a locality? They don't ship the jobs overseas just to save a buck.
Read "The Economics of Empire" in the May Harper's. Excellent piece.
It happened to textile workers long ago. It's happening to us now.
To see the Popout Prism browser in action, view this short video demo. Popout Prism Demo mpg (27mb)
The product download is only 900 kb, while the demo video is 30 times the size. No, really, ubiquitous multimedia on the web is right around the corner...
The last proximity card I carried in my wallet erased all my credit cards. Does the new card erase itself after a few months, and take your $1700 balance with it?
Another benefit of biodiesel is that is has a much higher lubricity than regular diesel. Some people claim that running biodiesel will make you engine last longer. Biodiesel also has a solvent property that cleans your fule system as you drive. The first few tanks will clog your fuel filter with the years of diesel junk, but after that, it's "clean" sailing.
I'm currently paying $2.77/gallon in Seattle. Diesel is about $1 cheaper. So I figure, I get to f*** with the man for only $1/gallon extra? Sign me up!
There is a low cost option that exists today in the Seattle area--Biodiesel. I recently sold my '96 Honda Accord and with the proceeds bought a '79 Mercedes diesel. I now drive the Mercedes on biodiesel-a fuel made from vegetable oil. Why would I do such a thing? - This car does not contribute to global warming as the CO2 it emits was fixed from our current atmoshpere, not a Jurassic atmosphere like petro fuels - It has 50% the CO emissions of a regular diesel engine - It has 10% the total hydrocarbon emissions - It has a 100% reduction in sulphides compared to standard diesel fuel - There are 4 pumps in the Puget sound area - If I can't get a hold of biodiesel, I can just put regular diesel in the pump, with no problems - The car gets 27 MPG - I don't rely on foreign oil to get around town - I don't support Exxon/Mobil/Texaco - I support the American economy by using fuels grown in America
Biodiesel is here today, is inexpensive to get into, has no switching costs, has great political and economic ramifications, and I look suhweet rolling in my Benzo.
Building out broadband networks is a nice personal ethic, but we're in the age of voluntary compliance, people! You get what they tell you you paid for.
1. A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
4. A robot must never place the long skinny ones horizontally, unless it leads to a long skinny vertical hole so 4 rows can be cleared at once the next time a long skinny one comes around.
Correct. And think about the tax dollar savings! Ever compile the results of 30,000 hadwritten letters and faxes? Shove emails into a database and you are minutes from an accurate tabulation of the mind of the people!
I suspect this is just another attempt to discourage people from bothering elected officials with input. Can we get the election turnout below 25%? Anyone?
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We geeks think we're in control with all our devices and formulas and plans. Go see the Mt. St. Helens blast zone for an important lesson in just how puny we are on this earth.
It's truly awe inspiring.
When you live on an island, you think about waste more. Japan has been running up against the limits of it's geography for centuries (arable land, timber, etc.) so they are in a better position to tackle these kinds of problems.
Although when you shop at a 7-11 in Tokyo, and they double bag your overly packaged Pocky, you might not think so.
Real links on the www.msn.com home page today:
And they show their socialist bent away from shopping with their hardhitting piece:
I still believe that single penny transactions will revolutionize the net.
/. would allow us to quantify the value of the elusive first post:
Plus, a micropayment system on
320 refreshes waiting for next story
1 hit Reply page
0 hits to preview page (and it shows)
1 hit submit page
75 refreshes to see if FP gets modded down
at $0.01 per Slashdot page hit, an FP would be worth $3.97.
if your goal is to work in a shoe factory, then by all means join the anti-globalization rush and raise those trade barriers!
What if your goal is to have a robust economy in your community? If you bow to the extortion of a multi-national and buy them land, build the factory, and don't make them pay taxes, they might be around for a few years, employing your people.
But the mobility of capital allows them, forces them, to leave you when they get a better offer. Is that freedom? Sure. Does that form vibrant, economically sustainable communities? No.
Talk to the many communitites who have been extorted in this way. Dupont, WA comes to mind with Intel. Communities are creating "Free Enterprise Zones" so that they can compete with El Salvador for jobs. Ask them if they feel secure in the global economy.
We have to ask ourselves, is globalization happening the way we'd like it to happen, or is it happening the way super-rich capitalists would like it to happen?
We never thought it could happen to us: globalization was just supposed to make stuff cheaper to buy. But the race to the bottom can happen at all levels of employment, for all tasks that don't need to be performed on site. This includes us, the white collar IT workers.
This is not "the sound of inevitability", it's the sound of years of government/corporate policy to make the world our cheap labor playground. It can be reversed with rational policies that foster local investment at the expense of unchecked corporate profits. What happens when you have corporations that are invested in a locality? They don't ship the jobs overseas just to save a buck.
Read "The Economics of Empire" in the May Harper's. Excellent piece.
It happened to textile workers long ago. It's happening to us now.
$2 million in cash
Hope they don't blow it all on a Superbowl ad.
To see the Popout Prism browser in action, view this short video demo. Popout Prism Demo mpg (27mb)
The product download is only 900 kb, while the demo video is 30 times the size. No, really, ubiquitous multimedia on the web is right around the corner...
Most recognized genuses also have the luxury of being made up of several different species.
while the above statement is true, species follows orders in the taxonomy of life, not genuses.
Speaking of following orders, I have to log off--my wife wants me to take out the garbage.
No kidding, these things have the potential to be a disaster for the democratic process, enabling voting fraud on a scale never before seen.
Except in Florida.
Deregulation always lowers prices and improves customer service. Governement meddling will never help the improve the situation.
The last proximity card I carried in my wallet erased all my credit cards. Does the new card erase itself after a few months, and take your $1700 balance with it?
Another benefit of biodiesel is that is has a much higher lubricity than regular diesel. Some people claim that running biodiesel will make you engine last longer. Biodiesel also has a solvent property that cleans your fule system as you drive. The first few tanks will clog your fuel filter with the years of diesel junk, but after that, it's "clean" sailing.
I'm currently paying $2.77/gallon in Seattle. Diesel is about $1 cheaper. So I figure, I get to f*** with the man for only $1/gallon extra? Sign me up!
There is a low cost option that exists today in the Seattle area--Biodiesel. I recently sold my '96 Honda Accord and with the proceeds bought a '79 Mercedes diesel. I now drive the Mercedes on biodiesel-a fuel made from vegetable oil. Why would I do such a thing?
- This car does not contribute to global warming as the CO2 it emits was fixed from our current atmoshpere, not a Jurassic atmosphere like petro fuels
- It has 50% the CO emissions of a regular diesel engine
- It has 10% the total hydrocarbon emissions
- It has a 100% reduction in sulphides compared to standard diesel fuel
- There are 4 pumps in the Puget sound area
- If I can't get a hold of biodiesel, I can just put regular diesel in the pump, with no problems
- The car gets 27 MPG
- I don't rely on foreign oil to get around town
- I don't support Exxon/Mobil/Texaco
- I support the American economy by using fuels grown in America
Biodiesel is here today, is inexpensive to get into, has no switching costs, has great political and economic ramifications, and I look suhweet rolling in my Benzo.
First non-subscriber post!
Building out broadband networks is a nice personal ethic, but we're in the age of voluntary compliance, people! You get what they tell you you paid for.
I read it as, "Feds Worms to Stop Working," and I thought Bush's cabinet was on strike!
Now that we've publicized that DevIS is a bunch of communists, you can be sure that federal grants for this company will mysteriously dry up.
1. A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
4. A robot must never place the long skinny ones horizontally, unless it leads to a long skinny vertical hole so 4 rows can be cleared at once the next time a long skinny one comes around.
Too bad 15 acres of that is going to be taken up with Coke jingles.
Correct. And think about the tax dollar savings! Ever compile the results of 30,000 hadwritten letters and faxes? Shove emails into a database and you are minutes from an accurate tabulation of the mind of the people!
I suspect this is just another attempt to discourage people from bothering elected officials with input. Can we get the election turnout below 25%? Anyone?
I hope computerworld isn't running on PostgreSQL!
But isn't the bigger issue the "no sharing" clause? Even when I pay $195/incident to get Microsoft support, I get to tell all my friends about it.
I'm all for a paid support option for Open Source software, but spreading a net of secrecy seems to be about the lamest way they could do it.